Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.

As long as we love, we can forgive.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.